Red Adair
Red Adair Red Adair fighting an oil field fire in the Elk Hills Oil Field on October 27, 1977 Born (1915-06-18)June 18, 1915 Houston, Texas Died August 7, 2004(2004-08-07) (aged 89) Houston, Texas Occupation Firefighter Paul Neal "Red" Adair (June 18, 1915 – August 7, 2004 ) was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable as an innovator in the highly specialized and extremely hazardous profession of extinguishing and capping blazing, erupting oil well blowouts, both land-based and offshore.